Paris - Kuwait and France signed on Tuesday a contract to buy 30 French Caracal helicopters for over one billion euros.
Paris – Kuwait and France signed on Tuesday a contract to buy 30 French Caracal helicopters for over one billion euros.
“The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense said in a statement that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, with attendance of his visiting French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, signed the contract with representatives of the manufacturing company, Airbus Helicopters, to buy 30 military Caracal helicopters for employment by the Kuwaiti land, marine and air forces,” said Kuwait news agency (KUNA).
The Ministry added that six of the purchased multi-wing aircraft would be allocated for the Kuwaiti National Guards, the same source said. The copters are equipped with sophisticated electronic systems and air-to-surface missiles, it noted.
